Give Me 5 Special Report The NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY (O1-26-2017) “Interfaith Partnerships for the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda” The Give Me 5 Campaign was proud to be in attendance and a co-organizer along with other leading Sponsors including the UN Secretary General’s TOGETHER Campaign of the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development-NY […]
In the past year and several months since the Sustainable Development Goals were first introduced in September 2015, the international community has seen advances in all of the target areas of the goals. Any positive change, no matter how seemingly insignificant, is a step towards achieving the new sustainable agenda put forth by the United […]
We are excited to announce that members of Give Me 5! were invited to speak at the IMEF (Mexican Institute for Finance Executives) University Congress 2016: ENLACE conference in Monterrey, NL that took place from October 6-8. Two of our team members, founder Juan Chebly and Federico Ruiz, took the trip down to speak about our […]
The 71st session of the UNGA currently underway at the United Nations Headquarters is focusing heavily on the Sustainable Development Goals, and creating a dialogue surrounding their imminent achievement. One of the outcomes from these conversations is the importance of furthering sustainable development in small developing island states (SIDS), who are at a greater risk […]
In the serene solitude of New York’s First Avenue. In front of the United Nations. A breeze always seems to blow. And as …. We W-A-L-K. With HEAVY idealism. We are anxious to ride the zephyr. Still, we are apprehensive… Worried […]
The notion of sustainability cannot be separated from industry. Industrial agriculture, manufacturing, forestry, services, and renewable industries can all be connected to sustainability in a way that either reflects it or antagonizes it. The textile industry is no exception. Eileen Fisher, the designer of an apparel company under the same name, has stated that the […]
The past several years have been ones of political turmoil, upheaval, and violence across the world, with more terror attacks in France in 2015 and 2016 than in the first 14 years of the 21st century combined. The gun control debate in America is in full force, with Congress in an uncertain standstill on gun […]
The Sustainable Development Goals have a foundation in partnership amongst countries to find innovative solutions to economic, social, and political problems. In theory, the Maastricht Treaty (entered into force November 1st 1993) which created the European Union and single currency in the Euro, would seem like an incredible piece of foresight. The preamble of […]